Reading attitude scale: The reliability and validity study<p>Okuma tutum ölçeği: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması
Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the adaptation, reliability and validity of a “reading attitude scale” that was developed by McKenna and Kear (1990) to determine the reading attitudes of students. The study was conducted with 318 students attending to 5th,6th,7th, and 8th grades in Trabzon. The scale includes 20 items and two factors called as leisure time reading and academic reading. The analyses were conducted in SPSS 20.0 and AMOS v.22. The final Turkish version of the scale included 20 items and two factors as it was in the original scale. The internal consistency reliability of the scale was 0.84 and 0.78 according to test-retest analysis. This is the first study that examines the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the scale by using advanced statistics to determine the psychometric characteristics of the measure. Based on the study findings, the Reading Attitude Survey is a practical, feasible, and an understandable measurement tool.ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, öğrencilerin okumaya yönelik tutumlarını belirlemek amacıyla Mckenna ve Kear (1990) tarafından geliştirilmiş olan “Okumaya Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği”nin (OTÖ) uyarlama, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmasını yapmaktır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Trabzon ilinde eğitim görmekte olan ve 5.6.,7., ve 8. sınıfa devam eden toplam 318 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Veriler SPSS 20.0 ve AMOS versiyon 22 paket programlarıyla yapılmıştır. Ölçek orijinaline uygun madde sayısında ve faktör yapısında oluşmuştur. DFA uyum indeksi ve madde faktör dağılımları istatistiksel olarak beklentilere uygun açığa çıkmıştır. Ölçeğin güvenirlik katsayısı iç tutarlılık yöntemi ile 0.84 test-tekrar test yöntemiyle 0.78 olarak hesaplanmıştır. İlk kez bu kapsamda ileri veri analizleri ile incelemesi gerçekleştirilen aracın psikometrik özelliklerinin kullanılmaya elverişli geçerli ve güvenilir olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Okuma Tutum Ölçeği’nin pratik, kullanım ve anlaşılması kolay kullanışlı bir ölçme aracı olduğu değerlendirilmektedir.
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Orhan Çakıroğlu, Mehmet Palancı
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